Beshalach: Dr. Mark Gersten
January 31, 2012
THE JEWS SURROUNDED ON EACH SIDE
INDEED THERE WAS NO PLACE TO HIDE
FOUR GROUPS IN TURN RAISED UP THEIR VOICE
EACH TOLD THE OTHERS OF THEIR CHOICE
ONE PLAN WAS PRAY NOW TO HASHEM
FOR HE WOULD HELP US FLEE FROM THEM
THE SECOND WAS TO STAND AND FIGHT
THE THIRD WAS YIELD TO EGYPT’S MIGHT
AND RETURN AS SLAVES ONCE MORE
THE HAGGUDAH TELLS US OF FOUR SONS
A PLAN DOES REPRESENT EACH ONE
THE SIMPLE SON KNOWS YOU MUST PRAY
WHEN STRESS OR DANGER COMES YOUR WAY
WITH SOMEONE COMING TO KILL YOU
DON’T ASK QUESTIONS THAT’S PLAN TWO
TO SAVE YOURSELF JUST DO WHAT’S RIGHT
DEFEND YOURSELF DON’T DIE BUT FIGHT
THE EVIL SON FAITHLESS AND VILE
WOULD RETURN TO EGYPT’S NILE
GIVE UP FREEDOM, SERVING G-D
RETURN TO WORK BACKBREAKING, HARD
THE SON WHOSE RIGHTEOUS WISE AND GOOD
WOULD CROSS THE SEA HE KNOWS HE SHOULD
TO FIRST REACH SINAI THEN OUR LAND
FOR THAT HE KNEW WAS G-D’S COMMAND
Jewish Film Series
January 30, 2012
Great Neck Synagogue JEWISH Film Series
in cooperation with the Great Neck Arts Center
The Jewish Film Series will present a sophisticated cross-section of powerful and thought-provoking films with Jewish themes and/or featuring Jewish artists and filmmakers.
$65/per series subscription (Special price for GNS members!)
$15/individual films | $20 at the door
Limited Seating
Films DO sell out. Make your reservations today!
To order tickets or for more information Contact GNAC - 516.829.2570, online @ www.greatneckarts.org/jewishfilm.htm
FINAL SPRING 2012 FILM ~ Monday, June 4, 7:30pm
The Matchmaker
followed by discussion with Isaac Zablocki, Director of Film Programs and Israel Film Center,
JCC in Manhattan
From one of Israel’s most popular directors, and nominated for 5 Israeli Academy Awards! In this coming-of-age tale set in 1968 Haifa, restless 16-year-old Arik lands an exciting summer job for the mysterious marriage broker, Yankele Bride, a Romanian Holocaust survivor. Working from an office in back of a seedy movie theater that only shows love stories, Arik encounters a host of diverse colorful characters, misfits, and shattered Holocaust survivors. Arik opens his eyes to a changing Israel and experiences his first love as he falls in love with Tamara, who has just returned from America and is full of talk of women’s rights, free love and rock and roll, in this poignant and humorous. Avi Nesher’s latest film mixes comedy with drama as it tells a coming-of-age story unlike any you’ve ever seen before.
Upcoming Shabbat Guest Speaker: Feb.11-12, 2012
January 30, 2012
SHABBAT GUEST SPEAKER
David Yerushalmi
General Counsel, Center for Security Policy
Saturday, February 11
Seudah Shlishit Presentation
“Shariah Law: What is it, and how is it different from Halakhah?”
Sunday, February 12
Multimedia Breakfast Presentation
“The Threat of Civilizational Jihad: A Legal Update”
Read The New York Times’ front-page profile on David Yerushalmi
Considered an expert on Islamic law and its intersection with Islamic terrorism and national security, David Yerushalmi authored the principal critical scholarship on sharia-compliant finance, published in the Utah Law Review (2008, Issue 3). Yerushalmi also designed and co-authored a ground-breaking peer reviewed investigation on sharia-adherence and the promotion of violent, jihadist literature in U.S. mosques, published in the Middle East Quarterly (Summer 2011). This research and scholarship on sharia was earlier the focus of a 2008 monograph published by the McCormick Foundation and the Center for Security Policy entitled, “Shariah, Law and ‘Financial Jihad’: How Should America Respond?”. In 2010, Mr. Yerushalmi participated as a co-author of a seminal work on counter-terrorism and drafted what has become known as the American Laws for American Courts Act, which was enacted into law by several states and is pending in many others. Yerushalmi has been interviewed and profiled in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Reason Magazine, and appeared on local, national, and international radio and television programs. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, First Things, the American Thinker, The Intellectual Conservative, the Jerusalem Post, among many others. In 2011, he was named by The Forward as one of America’s 50 most impactful Jews.
Upcoming Sisterhood Events
January 30, 2012
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Volunteers are requested to help organize the upcoming March Pre- Pesach Sisterhood Boutique at Great Neck Synagogue. Kindly email the chair, Lisa Kagan, if you can help out organizing this event. Her email is lgross7120@aol.com. Thank you very much.
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SISTERHOOD MEETING AND MAHJONG LESSON
Please join us on Wednesday evening, February 15th at 7:00pm for a sisterhood meeting in the Braun Youth Center to discuss and plan upcoming events. Immediately following this meeting at 7:45pm, Nadine Shatzkes will be teaching us how to play mahjong. We hope you can join us!
Within Our Family: Feb.4, 2012
January 30, 2012
Mazal Tov to Rabbi Yaacov and Abby Lerner on the birth in Israel of a granddaughter born to their children Yehudit and Nachman Elsant .
Mazal Tov to Mark Gersten on the birth of a grandson born to his children Dina and Zachary Eidman.
Mazal Tov to Thelma & Emile Kattan on the birth of a grandson born to their children Amit and Eli Yaghoubi.
Mazal Tov to Goldie & Howie Lorber and Rachel & Michael Singer on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Andrew Lorber, son of Jennifer & Mark Lorber.
Sponsorships: Feb.4, 2012
January 30, 2012
Kiddush is sponsored by Great Neck Synagogue.
The Sunday Breakfast is sponsored by Yaffa & Ebrahim Gabbayzadeh in memory of Shlomo ben Yehuda Gabbai and Shmuel ben Yechiel Gabbai
GNS Men’s Club - UPCOMING EVENTS
January 30, 2012
GNS Men’s Club - UPCOMING EVENTS
Sun March 11, 9.30am: The annual Rabbinic Dialogue will be held at Temple Beth El this year. Come and support Rabbi Polakoff.
Wed & Thur June 6 & 7, 7.00 pm: Another Defensive Driving Course will be held at GNS. Participate to reduce any points on your license and save on auto insurance.
Sun June 10, 8.00 am to 1.00 pm: Our semi-annual Blood Drive. Donating blood is a mitzvah which helps save lives.
Sun July 1, 9.00 am: We are going Fishing again. The whole family can join in this enjoyable morning at sea.
Erev Pesach
January 27, 2012
Due to liability concerns and on the advice of the Fire Department, we will no longer be hosting a communal chometz burning on erev Pesach. The safest way to burn your chometz is by using your barbeque grill. There will also be no garbage disposal at the synagogue that morning and all members are encouraged to dispose of their garbage in the normal way and place the garbage cans by the street before Pesach begins, disclaiming any ownership of that garbage. The parking lot will be closed following services on erev Pesach morning.
Congressman Peter King: March 31, 2012
January 26, 2012
Congressman Peter King (R,NY)
Shabbat Morning Guest Speaker Saturday,
March 31, Congressman Peter King (R-NY) will
address the congregation following Shabbat
morning services in the Goldwyn Sanctuary.
Yiddish Vort
January 24, 2012
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